Why Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Leaving 'Hamilton' Next Month

After earning a Pulitzer, the official title of Genius, a Grammy, and three Tony nominations, Lin-Manuel Miranda is reportedly leaving the show that made him the most famous hip-hop American Revolution playwright in the history of the world.

Miranda, 36, has told confidants he will depart the show then to work on other projects. He wrote music for the Disney animated musical Moana (in theaters Nov. 23); The Weinstein Co. has picked up movie rights to his first Broadway musical, In the Heights; he'll star with Emily Blunt in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns; Hamilton touring productions are in the works; and he has seeds of an idea for a new musical, he has told friends. It's unclear if Miranda would perform in the show periodically (rather than the eight shows a week he currently does), and producers declined to comment on his status.

But, it's not like this impacts your life at all, because you wouldn't be able to get tickets anyway. Seats have been basically impossible to come by for months–averaging $1,000 apiece on the aftermarket. Every single show through the end of the year is sold out, which makes your chances of seeing Miranda, who wrote the show and plays the titular character, next to nothing. And, obviously, this announcement will only make it harder to get tickets, which is hard to imagine.

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So, don't worry about it! You'll probably see Hamilton before you die, just not with Miranda in it.

At least you can try to see the show while Daveed Diggs (whose roles as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson earned him a Tony nomination) is still a part of it.

As President Obama once said, "Hamilton is not only for people who can score a ticket to a pricy Broadway show, it is a story for all of us."